The case against Sizwe Mankazana was postponed to October 24.

One of the reasons for this was that the defence had applied to the high court for additional particulars relating to the case.

The State had not yet filed an answering affidavit to this, said State prosecutor Roger Mareume.

Members of Zenani Zanethemba Nomasonto Mandela's family were present in court, including Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards shielded her from members of the media and she left shortly after the case was postponed.

Mankazana, 23, is the son of Zwelakhe Mankazana, the partner of Mandela's daughter Zenani Mandela-Dlamini.

Mankazana junior was driving Zenani home from the Soccer World Cup concert at Orlando Stadium on June 11 last year when she was killed in a car accident. The crash came two days after her 13th birthday.

Mankazana initially faced charges of drunken driving and culpable homicide, but this was later converted to murder.

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Fri May 24 21:39:01 SAST 2013 ::

Sep 5, 2011

MAKABAZA

CULPABLE HOMICIDE, BUT THIS WAS LATER CONVERTED TO MURDER

I FEEL SORRY FOR THE POOR GUY, BECAUSE THIS CASE IT WILL BE FOLLOWED VERY CLOSE AND THEY WILL NOT LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED. BUT IF IT WAS DR. KHUMALO, MANDOZA AND OTHERS HE WAS GOING TO WALK FREELY THIS IS NEW S.A.
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